In order to deal with Liangshan bandits who might rob prisoners, Cai Jiuyi had already arranged five hundred troops around the execution ground. In addition to the 200 people used to maintain order in the execution ground, he also asked local superintendent Lin Henian to personally lead 300 elite troops. The troops were ambushed near the west gate, so that if any thieves caused trouble, they could quickly arrive to control the situation.
Lin Henian has completely turned to Governor Cai since he and Sun Tu successfully suppressed bandits last year. Naturally, he worked extra hard this time when he had the opportunity to make a contribution. After discovering that there were indeed thieves robbing the execution ground, he decisively led his troops to kill them. However, these thieves were very cunning. When they saw how powerful he was, they actually turned around and ran away, and they rushed straight towards the prison killing platform, posing a threat to Prefect Cai there. This frightened Superintendent Lin very much. , yelling urgently for his men to rush over and block the thief's way.
But just as they rushed forward, trying to divide their troops to outflank them from both sides, several carts with blazing fire on them suddenly rumbled towards them from the diagonal. Several soldiers on the side were accidentally knocked over by the burning car. Their bodies were on fire, and they immediately screamed and rolled around.
And this move also made the other soldiers panic and hurriedly ran to the other side. However, several large cars on fire also appeared there, and they kept approaching. Everyone was so frightened that they could only retreat for a while. Then they saw the cars on fire crashing into one place, burning more and more, and completely stopped them. A channel for forward rescue.
"This is a conspiracy by the thieves' accomplices. Take a detour!" Lin Henian reacted quickly, gave an urgent order, and led his men into a side alley. The street leading directly ahead has been blocked by the fire. If you can't get through for a while, you can only take a detour through the alley next to it. But before they could enter the alley, a cold arrow was suddenly shot out, and one of the soldiers fell down unprepared. This caused the soldiers who were rushing in with all their strength to immediately stop and quickly dodge to the side. With just one arrow, they frightened the 300 officers and soldiers who were rushing in.
"What are you afraid of? Could it be that there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in here? Fight for me. If the prefect is injured because we fail to rescue him, you will all have to bear the blame!" Seeing this, Lin Henian was really anxious. After kicking over an officer who was standing still in front of him, he stabbed his chest and rushed towards the alley.
After hesitating for a moment, the other officers and soldiers finally got their bearings. After shouting, they followed in the footsteps of their superiors and rushed towards the alley again. But this time, there was no movement inside. Only a few people living here looked around in fear after hearing the movement. When they saw a large number of officers and soldiers rushing toward them with murderous intent, they were so frightened that they quickly shrank their heads and closed the door. I didn’t dare to look out anymore.
Lin Henian was slightly relieved when he saw this, but the speed on his feet did not slow down, and he kept urging everyone to move forward faster. Finally, after a while of twists and turns, they emerged from this somewhat complicated alley and rushed to the execution platform. But at this time, except for the fallen officers and soldiers and a few bandits, there was no one else here. Other figures.
Lin Henian immediately walked to a soldier who was lying on the ground groaning with injuries, and asked urgently: "Have you seen where the prefect went?"
"The prefect... was escorted over there by Sun Tuanlian and others..."
This man was still awake and immediately pointed to his left hand, which was the direction of the long street heading towards the east gate.
Lin Henian did not bother to treat his injuries, and immediately took the lead and rushed towards the east in pursuit. The three hundred officers and soldiers behind him also ran after him again.
At this time, Jiangzhou, not only the execution ground, but also the entire city was in chaos. There were many houses on fire in the streets and alleys, and from time to time there were also flaming carts blocking the road. In fact, the people all ran home screaming in fear, and many people fell in a pool of blood because of injuries, and the screams could not be heard.
Seeing the officers and soldiers arriving, these people rushed forward for help. But at this time, Superintendent Lin didn't care about the lives of these ordinary people. When he saw them, he just rushed to ask them if they had seen Governor Cai. As long as he got accurate information, he would lead his people to chase them. They chased for a while, and after chasing for two or three miles, they finally saw two groups of people confronting each other in an open space ahead. One of them looked like he was an officer and soldier from the state government.
Seeing this, Lin Dujian's mood suddenly lifted. He quickly pointed his knife forward and shouted loudly: "Surround me, don't let the thief escape!"
Just when the officers and soldiers took the order and scattered around, he saw clearly that it was Sun Tu and the others who were confronting the thieves over there. But what made him feel a little uneasy was that there was no figure of the prefect Cai Dezhang beside them. On the thieves' side, they actually held someone hostage. Judging from the situation, Sun Tu and the others seemed to be very afraid.
"Could it be that..." Although he couldn't see clearly the appearance of the hostage dressed as a soldier from a distance, an extremely ominous premonition had already arisen in Lin Henian's mind. I'm afraid he was really late this time!
Earlier, on the long street, Sun Tuzheng, who had been overtaken by thieves, fought one against three, fighting against Liu Tang, Wang Ying and Ruan Xiaowu. A spear in his hand danced impervious to wind and rain, defeating the three people's offensive. While they were all disintegrating, they could also suddenly counterattack from time to time, killing three people and forcing them to retreat.
On the other side, several state government officers and soldiers were completely at a disadvantage. They were suppressed by Li Kui, Li Jun and others and could only hold on. From time to time, some people were shot and screamed, and the situation was precarious.
When Sun Tu saw this, he immediately shouted loudly. The gun that had been closed suddenly unfolded, and the shadow of the heavy gun suddenly doubled in size. When he switched from defense to attack, he completely surrounded the three opponents in front of him, only to shock them. After parrying with all his strength, he quickly retreated, allowing him to turn around and attack Li Kui, who had just swung an ax at the officers and soldiers.
Li Kui, who was about to kill the enemy in front of him with an axe, did not dare to neglect when he heard the whining sound of a spear piercing the air beside him. He quickly turned his wrist, twisted his body and thrust his axes there, just in time to block the attack. He shot this shot, but the force of Sun Tu's shot was so great that Li Kui's steps were disrupted at once, and he took several steps back before he could stabilize his body.
Several other people fighting alongside him also hurriedly gave up their offensive against the officers and soldiers, and turned to deal with Sun Tu's attack. At the same time, Wang and Ying, who had just been forced back by him, pounced on him again and launched a fierce attack on him from the side.
But Sun Tu didn't have the slightest fear. He walked up to the remaining seven or eight soldiers and shouted, "Guard me behind me!" before he waved his spear to greet them. That white wax pole is long
At this time, the gun had almost turned into a living dragon in his hand, soaring and rolling in the air, and actually withstood the joint attack of seven or eight Liangshan leaders. Moreover, the shadow of the gun was getting bigger and bigger, seeming to destroy these people. It seemed like everyone was enveloped in it.
But the manpower will eventually be exhausted. Even though Sun Tu was born with supernatural powers and practiced hard in the past few years, he finally found it difficult to continue after using his full strength to fight against others for so long. After Li Jun saw the clues, he immediately hit him with a long stick, causing his spear to bounce upward, thus revealing a flaw in front of him.
Li Kui quickly followed up and slashed his chest with the ax. If he was hit by him, he would be disemboweled. Fortunately, Sun Tu's reaction was still there. When he saw Li Kui rushing in, he quickly kicked out and kicked him back before the opponent's ax came.
However, this gave the shorter Wang Ying a chance to bully him. In a flash, Wang Ying, who was short in stature, had already arrived in front of Sun Tu. He turned his hands and grabbed Sun Tu's left arm. , the spear that he was about to withdraw suddenly stalled, and Ruan Xiaowu took the opportunity to get close and punched out hard, hitting Sun Tu in the chest, making him groan and tilt to one side.
Only then did the officers and soldiers behind him react and quickly waved their weapons to help. However, Liu Tang and Hua Rong, who came after him, easily defused their attack. The latter suddenly stretched out his arms and fiercely attacked. He pulled out one of the soldiers hiding among the soldiers with a single stroke. In his exclamation, he flipped his wrist and a short knife was already placed across his throat: "Don't move, or I'll take him out." life!"
After seeing clearly the appearance of the person held hostage by Hua Rong, both Sun Tu and others stopped their hands at the same time, with nervous expressions on their faces. Because that person was none other than Cai Dezhang, the prefect they were desperately protecting!
It turned out that in order to protect Cai Jiu, Sun Tu took off his extremely conspicuous official uniform and hat while leading people to escape, and then put on the clothes of an ordinary soldier. However, he didn't expect that this stupid move could not escape the eyes of Hua Rong, who was good at shooting. He actually controlled Cai Jiu under the knife in one move. Now Sun Tu and others were completely defeated. It's time to throw the rat into a trap.
It wasn't until they saw this scene that Chao Gai and others, who had been guarding the two seriously injured soldiers Song Jiang and Dai Zong, breathed a sigh of relief, with a relaxed smile on their faces. As long as they have hostages in hand, they can safely take Song Jiang and the others out of Jiangzhou.
As soon as he smiled, a large number of officers and soldiers were already rushing over from the streets behind him, and while there was still a long distance to go, these troops dispersed quickly and surrounded him from all sides.
What frightened them even more was that at this time, there was a cry of killing from the direction of the east gate not far away, and then an army appeared in front of them, completely cutting off their retreat. It was Sun Tu's soldiers who had gone to the countryside who had been blocked by a fire at the city gate before and finally took a detour to enter the city through the east gate, blocking the way of a group of Liangshan people leaving the city.
In an instant, the situation that was thought to be a sure thing turned around again. Chao Gai and other Liangshan people immediately became tigers in the cage and fish in the net...
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There should be another update today. . . . .